Picture and process of making the same.



J, G. KITCHELL.

PICTURE AND PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.2I, 191s.

1,Q69,%5& Patented June 11, 1918.

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7/. Trans/usenf 0,0. Opaq 0e JOSEPH e. KITCHELL, or HAD'IDAIVI,oonnnc'rrcnr.

PICTURE AND PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME.

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To all whom it mail" concern:

Be it known that I, JosErH Gr.

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Haddam, county ofMiddlesex, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Pictures and Processes of Making the Same, ofwhich the following is a specification. This invention relates to newand improved art products-pictures and the processes of making the same.The present mvention is supplemental to that disclosed in my Patent No.1,144,964, granted June 29th, 1915, upon an application filedDecember24th,'1913, and is the result of rogressive work in this art. i

11 general terms the process to be followed in carrying outmy presentinvention as well asthat which wasfollowed in the invention of mypatent, consists in making a drawing or'design in any well known mannerupon a suitable fabricwhich is of such" character that it is more orless transparent or translucent. Upon another medium I place theprincipal details of thefdesign or picture borne upon the firstmentioned fabric, which details 1 are colored order H to give correctcolor valuesto the design; The fabric or medium bearing the design issuperposed over the color design, the two designs being held in registerwith each other.

Referring to the drawings;

Figure 1 is a front view of the transparent medium having thereon thepicture and principal details of an uncolored design or picture shown inreverse position from that of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the opaque medium with a similar picturethereon to which the colors are applied.

Fig. 3 is a section through the complete article provided with asupporting mat.

Fig. 4 is a section through a complete article having an embossed beadformed around the edge of the under or opaque medium.

Fig. 5 is a section of a complete article with the embossed bead orridge extending Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June Jill,igllfi. Application filed February 21, 1916. Serial No. 79,555.

Fig. 7 is a section of comparatively heavy paper or celluloidor similarmaterial with a monochrome or neutral image on one side and the colorson the other side.

I find that the so called atmospheric effect ofsuch picture is enhancedby a slight separation between the plane of the two mediums whichsuperpose each other. This canbe"accomplished by means of a mat or frame10 or any similar device being placed between the two mediums,so thatthe one medium A is held in a separated position from that of the othermedium B as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The same result canbe accomplishedin a very easy and desirable way by either embossing or pressing out aborder 11 from the surface of the lower medium or under plane B to theproper de gree of elevation, as shown in Fig. 4, or

else embossing or pressing downward a ridge 12 froma supporting mm orframe 10" carrying the upper or translucent or transparent planeormedium A as shown in'l ig. 5. By these two" latter features thesestructures do away with the necessity of providing an additional pieceorelement asamat. u

I have found that sheets of various sorts of paper coated or impregnatedwith paraflin and then sensitized for the purpose of making photoprintsis an efficient method of making the upper or translucent plane, andthat this is very effective and easy to operate for certain kinds ofwork.

Another eflicient means of obtaining the transparent or translucentmedium, or that medium which carries the neutral composition, is to usea regular positive made from a photograph negative produced either oncelluloid, gelatin, glass or any other suitable substance varying in itsthickness as the eifects seem to require. A glass dry plate with oneside ground, frosted or sand blasted makes a very good upper plane.

Another eflicient upper medium is produced by incorporating a materiallike Japan paper or silk, or any similar material with a stiffer mediumas a background, as for instance, celluloid, insoluble gelatin or aheavy paper made translucent or transparent by an acid or parafiintreatment.

I have found that it is possible to produce some very beautiful effectsby using as the upper or translucent plane or medium A a structureobtained by taking two sheets of thin paper '15 and 15 and securingbetween them a clear sheet of celluloid or similar material 16, therebymaking a threeply sheet, as illustrated in Fig. 6.

Another very efficient method of obtaining a so called sub-chromaticeffect is to use a "comparatively heavy Japer or celluloid or a similarmaterial Ii, first making it transparent, then placing the outlines ofthe image as at 20 on one side and the colors in proper registration onthe reverse side as at 21. This structure is illustrated in Fig. 7. a q

I have found it very desirable to add in places to the outlines of thedesign on the transparent or translucent medium where it makes thepicture more effective or truthful to nature, a little white pigmentorpaint or ink or similar material to bring out contrasts, and I have alsofound it helpful and effective to use other colors in greater or 25 lessdegree to enhance the color work underneath.

It is apparent that changes may be made without departingfrom the spiritor scope of my invention. I have shown and described what I consider tobe at the present time, the best embodiments of my inventionpbut it isto be understoodthat the features shown in the drawing and hereindescribed are illustrative, merely, and I do not intend the invention tobe in any way 7 restricted, save as specified in the subjoined claims.

Havlng now described my invent on, what Copies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the*0 o1i1m if ssionr oflatentjs,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Leters Pat n i 1- A u H A des gnor picture consisting of an opaque medium havingcolor values thereon, atransparent medium having merely the outlines o fthe. designor, picturetherevalues placed thereon, a transparent me dium having the'contours orprincipal details thereon in varying colors, the two mediums secured toeach other with the designs in register.

4. A design orpicture consistingof an opaque support or medium havingcolor values thereon, a transparent mediun having the principaldetailsof the designs in black and white, the two mediums secured toeach other with the designs in register. a In witness whereoflhavehereunto set my hand atthe borough of lllanhattan, city, county andSta day of February, 1916.

In presence of- I ISABEL R. Riorinnns,

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